close season

/ kləʊs /

noun

1. the period of the year when it is prohibited to kill certain game or fish
2. sport the period of the year when there is no domestic competition

Example Sentences

Argyle twice spent a club-record £1m on players last summer in Whittaker and fellow former loanee Bali Mumba, and the club will likely have similar funds to spend this close season.

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So predictions of a close season were thin on the ground over the winter.

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The Horner saga broke just days after the other massive story of the close season, Hamilton's switch to Ferrari for 2025.

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After Leeds' recruitment drive in the close season and Salford's small squad being hit by those big departures and the loss of Ken Sio, the script for this opening match was for a more one-sided encounter.

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Then he was lined up by Bournemouth to replace O'Neil when his contract expired in the close season.

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